All this is so lame and the media is buying iy hook line and sinker!

Apparently he did not have a problem with his pastor’s sermons in the many years he attended the church. If he really disagreed with the pastors’ outrageous sermons why didn’t he seek a different church or influence the church to change pastors? Now, because he wants to be President, he has a problem with the pastor’s positions.

The speech was very stirring, but it was dishonest and didn’t address the root problem. I think it may be too late for Mr. Obama to distance himself from Rev. Wright. He has not explained why he tolerated these hateful sermons for 20 years. I am offended that anyone can use religion to spread hate; it is against everything that the scriptures stand for. Hate has no “context.”

The problem is that joining, attending and supporting this type of ministry shows that Obama’s claim of uniting is disengenuous. The basis of the ministry encourages racism on a large scale basis. Obama explained that individually, the pastor is not anti white but then the pastor preaches anti white in an instructional environment to people that are going to be influenced by the words of their spiritual mentor. I believe that people flock to the type of church that mirrors their values. It is wonderful that Obama was led to Christ, but at some point Obama is responsible for his own spirituality. For him to stay at a place of worship that preaches hate and discontent and racism shows me that his spiritual growth is either nonexistent or that he deeply agrees with his pastor.

As we grow in our knowledge of our Lord, He shows us the difference between right and wrong, good and evil. He gives us the courage to speak out when we see and hear things that are clearly wrong. He gives us the courage to reject what is clearly not Christ like and conciliatory. He is the ultimate teacher, if we allow Him to be. Each of us should clearly discern anyone that speaks as the authority of a church and make certain that the time we are in church is not “playing church” but truly a biblical based instruction that should “step on our toes” and give us a good, honest, Christ like example of how to live our lives, publicly and behind closed doors.

Obama morphs, into what we want him to be, not into what he really is and I find his comments have an undertone of racism. I could be wrong, but it appears he had the upbringing with all the advantages of the “white man” but has morphed into the poor underprivileged man of color. Obama, after all is said and done is simply another politician that is whatever it is necessary to be in order to achieve the power that he craves. He used to scare me, but after all this, I find him a little pathetic.

The idea that is not possible for a person of color to be racist is false. Rev Wright is indeed racist. He is as racist as a hood wearing clansman. Sen Obama’s association with him concerns me greatly and causes me to wonder on what kind of policies we can expect from a president Obama.

Besides these concerns I also would like to point out that Sen Obama has only been a senator for a few short years. I think the president needs a little more experience than that, especially in the national security parts.

As long as there is a Republican radio and television statations this Dr. Wright’ story will continue.

The bitterness of the African American community has gone on too long and too far. Irish Catholics could claim every bit as much bitterness, yet we don’t. The African American community would do well to learn more about the Irish Catholic immigrants and indentured servants, who had to do work considered to dangerous for slaves to do.

Mr. Obama should know for 20yrs affiliated with Mr. Wright that What kind of preacher he was.

The spech was clear and to the point.

MSNBC and CNN would praise the devil himself if he were liberal enough.

I think that Obama is trying to avoid the issue. It is not what goes on in African American churches or about black anger. The issue is about having a spiritual leader that is a racist, Anti-American and an Anti-Semite. I think we need to take a closer look at who Senator Obama chooses to have close associations with. It is not a far stretch to say that a person is of the same moral fiber as those with whom he associates.

Obama blew it…As a white male I can tell you Obama was given the benifit of doubt and his support among whites which was unprecidented showed this. I’m sorry to say now though that there is way more doubt of who he really is and the free ride is over.

Very nice speech. We already know Obama delivers very nice speeches. I agree, he has no need to denounce his pastor (Obama took great pains to refer to him as his ‘former’ pastor).

Unfortunately for Obama, the American voter is perfectly capable of taking into account that Wright has been for decades, and still is, Obama’s spiritual director; he has been a member of this racist church for twenty years, has taken his children to this church their entire lives. He claims not to agree with the inflammatory comments of his ‘former’ pastor–maybe so. But this man has shaped the lives of Obama and his wife (clearly, based on her own speeches), and most importantly, his children.

He worships in a church whose ‘former’ pastor rails against how evil America is, how evil white people are, and he has brought his children to this same environment their whole lives. He is half-white, but denies that half, and apparently shares in his ‘former’ pastor’s hatred of whites.

The American voter will be voting for President of the entire US and all its population. With their new knowledge of Obama’s entire adult life being immersed in hatred of whites and hatred of America, Obama’s worst fear is realized–an informed electorate.

So many of us Catholics agree with everything the church says and would not think of leaving it if we disagree with something said from the pulpit?

Give me a break.

I would give him credit for trying to unite the party if he would drop out of the race.

Even as the most passive member, by his attendance at Rev. Wriight’s church, he indicated an acceptance of hate of this country and White people in general. How could anyone vote for him accept haters and their abundant apologists from the blame America crowd. He is a bitter disappointment and not the healer he portrayed himself.
As a father he exposes his children to a biggot like any KKK member ever was to infect them with hate.

A pastor should be color blind as is my God who sent his son Jesus Christ to die for all our sins!
Jeremiah Wright Jr has no place in the pulpit and anyone who follows his teachings is also flawed in thier thinking.

I find it remarkable that Obama, who identifies himself as an agent of “change”, has long been immersed in vindictive, counterproductive, racist philosophy that the world has been burdened with throughout the ages. This is not “change”.

Though his recent (3/18/08) speech was eloquent, it sidestepped the issue of Obama’s failure to be a responsible role model who would refuse to sponsor the source of a hateful, untruthful and archaic racist message, especially when so many “ordinary” Americans of all races have so bravely and selflessly sponsored equal rights.

Between the Clinton’s felonies and Obama’s fakery, it seems that both Democrat candidates are, unfortunately, unelectable.

March 19, 2008

Dear Fox News:

How can Barack Obama build bridges in American and around the world? On a much smaller and personal scale, can he change the mind of his spiritual mentor? At some level, Barack Obama had to agree with Dr. Wright to stay in the church for 20 years. What does choosing Jeremiah Wright as a spiritual mentor say about Barack Obama? Is that the best he could find?

Maybe the North has not made as much progress in race issues as the South has? When I look around my community I see blacks and whites working together in friendship. I am not saying our racial relationships are perfect but where do we find perfect relationships? I am saying that we work through our differences, we open our hearts to each other and I do not see the racial ignorance that we saw over 40 years ago.

I don’t like all black people, neither do I like all white people. When I like a person I look past the color of their skin and I think this is true of most people. After all, Obama carried southern states. By the Grace of God he won’t carry North Carolina. Mr. Wright voiced his own views from that pull pit, not the views of most Americans. Is it possible that Mr. Wright is trying to incite a racial issue due to his own prejudice?

Sincerely,

Abbie Baker

Mary I agree with you 100%. CNN and MSNBC are still parising Obama and bashing Clinton. I their eyes he can do no wrong. But fact is that “this” is very very wrong. I hope this incident brings Obama down. He has no business being in this election.

People seem to flock to bad press so no, his speech will not change the minds of a lot of people. It is so sad that we still have narrow minded people in our mists. Most of these people today don’t understand nor have any idea what we as a people had to endure in life, not even Obama. He is a great man who is trying to make a difference in our country but because one man expressed his opinion of what is going on here in the US, has caused people to question Obama. How sad that America is still stuck in the past. It doesn’t matter that other politicians have been deceiving this country for years but when we get a new face that is black, who is running for the president of the US, it is as if he is someone who is here to destroy this country. So you say you don’t know this man, well neither did we know many of the others and were shocked when you found out their true colors by their actions. I think we need to let this whole thing go and if you don’t want Obama then just don’t vote for him. This is why America is in the shape it is today, we don’t stick together as a people. You get what you ask for, vote the way you want just to keep a black man out of office. You could get more of the same.

There’s no amount of specious sophistry that can rationalize or erase the revolting image of Obama’s fellow churchgoers rejoicing in obvious approval and exultation at Mr. Wright’s rant that 9/11 was a case of “America’s chickens coming home to roost” (a phrase cribbed, by the way, from Malcolm X’s press conference on the Vietnam War in the 60s).

This was the Sunday after the 9/11 attacks, you have to remember, when everyone I knew, regardless of their political, cultural or social differences and divisions, came together in recognition of one another’s humanity and to share in common grief.

I cannot fathom a mind that would take that Sunday, or any Sunday for that matter, to plunge to the subhuman depths to indulge in malicious joy in the face of unspeakable suffering and loss by their fellow countrymen and their neighbors.

What separates Obama’s fellow churchgoers, whooping it up and high-fiving each other at the thought of those victims getting their just retribution for America’s “sins” from the murderous Muslim radicals who swarmed the streets of Afghanistan or Iraq in jubilation when the Twin Towers collapsed in a flaming heap with thousands trapped inside?

And was Obama and his family not present for that sermon as well?? How convenient . . . On a day when even agnostic Americans found it necessary to seek out their nearest places of worship??

The thought that if Obama should become President, the likes of Mr. Wright would be advising him on matters of the soul is truly chilling. Thankfully, now that we know him by the company he keeps and will continue to keep, Obama’s chances of getting anywhere near the White House is practically nil.

The videos of the sermons show a great number of folks rejoicing in the words of the good Reverend. Shows me that there are a whole lot of black folks that think they are victims and prefer it that way. Just think of the generations of folks in that church who will carry on with this deep hatred. Gives an excuse to those who want to do little with their life except to pimp and ho around. Those folks in the church high fiving and amening to the vitriol remind me of the day OJ was found not guilty. All the black folks knew he was guilty but be became to them a victim of whitey. And when the news came over the TV or radio, most black folks started high fiving and amening to the verdict.

Can you even imagine the comments from Reverend Wright coming from the mouth of Jesus? A church that preaches hate, even once, is not a church, but rather, a political entity.

What a loser - both of them - if you go into a church and the preacher starts spewing hatred and lies - you walk out and say that’s not the kind of influence I want in my life or my children’s lives and you certainly don’t want them baptised by a terrorist and hate mongerer. This speech really did not cover the reverand in particular and most of the speech sounded like a “pitch” for his candidacy. Loser - Vote Hillary.

He spent half an hour on what should have taken one minute to say. He did more damage to his credibility and open up more issues then he resolved. Clearly a sign of inexperience and bad judgement.

Hear his speech for what it says. It’s amazing. This is a call for whites, black, hispanics, asians to rise above racial divides and come together as one. Do not miss the forest for the trees. It’s much bigger and more important for America to move forward and put all the nasty ‘he said’, ’she said’ behind. I pray that Obama becomes the President of the United States.

Btw, Fox news is fair and balanced? Don’t kid yourself.

As candidate for president Mr. Obama has stated he wants to bring us together for change and that his good judgement is a substitute for experience. His speach on race was well thought out and showed great insight into issues that our country needs to address. However, I am having a difficult time reconciling the speech with his actions. In my opinion, in order to demonstrate good judgement we must put into action things that will bring about the results we desire. How could Mr Obama sit by for 20 years while his mentor, a man in a position of authority, preached about his hate and anger and not say or do anything? He had to know this mans influence over his congregation would create more problems between the races, and how could he allow his own children to be raised in that environment? I applaud his loyalty for sticking by his friend, and his ability to separate the good from the bad , but his children and the other young people in the congregation do not have the education or life experience of Mr. Obama and will probably not separate the man from the message. We need change for our broken political process and we need people with sound judgement and actions to back them up, not good just good speeches with insightful content.

How can you know what has been in Rev Wright’s sermons for the 20 years that Sen Obama has been a member? How can you take a few sound bites out of context and say they are indicative of everything the man has ever preached? Why can’t you disagree with what a friend, your pastor, someone who is like a family member and yet still love them and want them to be a part of your life? Doesn’t Jesus call us to do just that?
Much of the rhetoric that I have seen and heard in the past two days, leads me to think that perhaps we are not ready as a nation to move beyond race. How sad, and not the message we want to give our children or the image of America that we should be showing to the rest of the world.
I pray that I am wrong, and that Americans will rise to answer…YES WE CAN.

dear fox, if you are true patriots, you will end the video loop. it is destructive and you know it. i know it is hard for you to let it go. senator obama was talking to you fox news…don’t prove reverend wright right, let it go. sincerely, andrew lenaghan brooklyn ny

Obama’s speech yesterday reinforced that he is in fact a politician. Last week he said, he had never heard anything controversial in Wright’s sermons. Yesterday, he said he had heard controversial statements in Wright’s sermons. He is a politician through and through and will say whatever is necessary to get elected. The fact that he would not disassociate himself from someone who promotes racism and hatred and pretends to be a man of God causes me great concern.

This is waffling that would do credit to Bill Clinton. Obama first pretends to disagree wtih Wright’s rants, then proceeds to justify them historically. What are we to make of this double-talk?

You cannot be as close as Obama is to Wright and Wright not have a profound impact on Obama’s thinking. This is one thing that cannot be washed away by slick oratory skills.

Further, I’ve been attending churches for over 25 years and never heard anything close to the rantings of Wright.

Obama gave a stirring speach, Liberals will be satisfied. MY question is this “What is he teaching his children by sitting them under this vitriolic preaching? I would dare say such preaching breads hatred and anger in young hearts. Racism is racism by any name.

I heard Obama’s speech and I still have serious reservations about Obama’s judgement and true feelings regarding Wright and his church. He stayed with this church for twenty years, of course he knew what Wright was preaching. He did not just now come to know Wright-the man, his opinions of the USA and his anti-american, anti-jewish position and so on. As Obama said, Wright was his mentor and he could no more disown him then disown his own grandmother.

Obama has never chosen to distance himself from Wright in any form until now. I don’t understand why he wouldn’t think this would be an issue for most people.

Barack Obama has no experience or expertise in foreign affairs, domestic affairs, the economy, governing or leading anything. He has asked for our vote based on his judgment. The only thing he touts showing his “good judgment” is his vote against the Iraq War. When the vote first came up, he wasn’t even in the Senate. He spent one year in the Senate and then began running for president. He became chairman of the Committee on Afghanistan but never held one meeting. He missed many, many votes the year he was Senator and since. A person should be judged by the friends he makes and the associations he has. Barack Obama tells us that Reverend Wright is “like family” to him. This Wright is a hate-filled, racist, anti-U.S., antisemitic who spews his racist rhetoric every week. There is no way that Obama did not hear these outrageous statements. He also continues to expose his children to the hatred of this man. He also associates with Louis Farrakhan, a known racist and anti-Semite, and befriended someone from the Weather Underground. By holding these people close, it shows extremely poor judgment. If my rabbi ever spouted this hatred, I would immediately go to him, tell him how disgusted I was, and leave the synagogue. Up to now, we really had no idea of who this Obama was. Now it is clear that this is not a person who should be running the most powerful government on Earth, since he has not realized that Reverend Wright is not a person with whom he should associate.

Check this scenario: Obama is elected president and Jeramiah Wright his spiritual advisor provides him guidance for four years. Louis Farakhan is provided with an ambassadorship somewhere in the world. The U.S. spends four years embroiled in racial controversy trying fruitlessly to mend personal behaivior and thought. That won’t work it’s already been tried on a national scale and failed miserably with prohibition! Of course four more years of the pants up dresses down challenged Democrats no matter which one could be elected won’t change things much either.

Where is Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton now?

This man compared Wright to the likes of his maternal grandmother… even though she is not the one who gave inflammatory and intollerable sermons, while he sat and did nothing. He essentially threw her under the bus, by calling her a racist, but would not do the same in regards to his “beloved” pastor!

This speech danced around the issue of character and motive through his association for 2 decades, with someone who takes such extreme and radical views. He rationalized and defended his pastors beliefs (even though he denounced it) by placing the blame on the white community (who he is obviously implicating beyond a reasonable doubt as being racist)… which I find to be completely insulting and irrevocable. It is simply not fair to place the blame of his pastors actions on this country because although injustices have occured in the past, we as a united nation have tried in great effort to correct these problems. Furthermore, we cannot be held accountable for actions that we never personally took against someone, but reverand Wright needs to be, because as an adult, he has the capacity to recognize that his actions are his sole responsibility and no one elses. Obama, with his claim to great judgement, should clearly be able to see this, yet he chose to defend it and to blame the innocent. This is not a man that I ever want to see in the White House. Voting for him will not in fact end this racist attitude… in fact it will further it, with his personal beliefs.

Sorry Obama, your speech did not cut it for me…You used to scare me too and you still do…
you sit for almost 20 years in these types of sermons and call this man “your uncle”… this just didn’t happen only on the Sunday’s that you weren’t there. You expect us to believe that!

If you take a look and see what the other stations (the today show) are now reporting it is a 10 second segment, and Wright is shown saying…. “We bombed Iraq…. we killed innocent people” They don’t even show what he really said…. I am not shocked though, I really expected that from them.
Thank you FOX NEWS for reporting the news!

I am catholic, if my priest said something racist, bigoted or unpatriotic I would leave my church and go to another catholic church who doesn’t condone those despicable acts. The fact that Obama condoned and continued to attend and listen to his pastor’s sermons tell me that he supported him throughout those over 20 years that he and his family and children have been attending. This event about Obama and Mr. Wright are very sad and extremely bad for AMERICA!

I am truly worried for our country if he become president.

The problem with Obama is that it is difficult to assess whether or not he is honest with what he says. He was so eloquent yesterday when talked about his experiences and race in general. It was such a stirring speech I almost got tears in my eyes. But the bottom line is why he has condemned Pastor Wright’s speeches only after they were affecting his ratings. He has refused to disown Wright, faking a moral high ground when he knows it is rather silly and looks opportunistic if he disowns him now. I just want to recall the Dana Imus thing happened few months ago. Obama was so furious that he threatened NBC with non appearance if they don’t fire him immediately. That was just for one ill conceived sentence by Imus and even after Imus apologized in public and in person with the people who got hurt. Compared to Wright, what Imus said was nothing really. How come Obama who can not disown a Pastor who preached hate day in and day out could actually demand NBC to disown Imus for one stupid sentence? It is so puzzling.
Also, when his Kenyan dress incident came up during Ohio debate with Clinton, he said he accepts that Clinton was not involved either directly or indirectly. After that he went to Mississippi and raised the same issue in a rally attended mainly by African Americans. What kind of a moral example is that?

What I find most interesting, is in one of the clips the paster called Obama’s mother ‘white trash’. No one is mentioning that. I know if someone publically called my Mother trash, I would have to address that. I would also have a very difficult time remaining faithful to the person that made the remarks. The paster needs to heal and let the past die with past. He appears to hate everyone and everything and is using his position to spread hatred. We have enough of that without our leaders creating and teaching more. Even more sad is the people in the church. Look in the background, they are jumping up and down and getting excited about his remarks. Is this a man of God or a false prophet?

What seems to be bothering so many people is not Obama the candidate, but rather “black liberation theology”. He did not (in his speech) and cannot disavow it, because he has accepted it for 20 years.
At least he said something about how this way of thinking has not updated itself in the past 42 years since its founding, to reflect progress on poverty and race equality in the US over that period.
It is an anti-American ideology, a strident form of black racism, and like many radical ideologies, it does not properly take account of real facts on the ground. It is an important source and a manifestation of the race divide in America.

First, I am trying to figure out how statements by Rev Wright shortly after 911 are related to racism? People of all colors died in the trade towers. When I heard the statements they reminded me exactly of what Osama Bin Laden said after the attacks, “If the US had not done such and such, 911 would not have happened”(or something like that) While the rest of us were grieving and scared, Rev Wright was giving an anti-american speech in his church? Giving a speech on race does not cut it and after listening to it, I was still left with feelings of mistrust towards Obama. If nothing else, from a judgement standpoint, as a man wanting to be president of the United States he really should have distanced himself from Wright sooner.

Senator Obama’s speech is an attempt to gloss over a serious problem much in the same way as he answers questions about what he plans to do to “change” everything. He says he will fix everthing but never says how he will accomplish anything. (That last sentence is like my impresson of Obama - extremely general and without specific solutions.)
Obama has demonstrated again that he is not a problem-solver. He spent 25 minutes spinning his position on his pastor and what the pastor has been passing on to Obama and the rest of his church’s congregation. Obama constantly avoids confrontations, and will not take a position that does not leave him an option. In his speech he was unable to even complete a sentence without including two positions, such as when he stated that he did not agree with the pastor’s position but he loves his pastor and looks to him for his and his family’s spiritual advisor.

The Obama-Wright relationship should give everybody the creeps. It exposes Obama as an awesome prospect. God be with America should he be the next president.

Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr. perpetuates the continued racial divisions in our country with his bigoted and warped view of white Americans through the pulpit of the church. While Obama refuses to disavow Wright saying he can no more disavow Wright than his own grand-mother shows his total lack of judgement on Obama’s part.

How can Obama seriously begin a discussion on race in America when he starts from the position of having a 20 year close association with a black bigot and black seperatist whom Obama calls his spiritual mentor? This is the equivalent of being a member of a white seperatist church with close associations with a pastor who is friendly towards the KKK and then saying he wants to lead the discussion on racial divisions in the country.

America is ready for a black President or a female President, but I don’t think after a careful examination of positions, backgrounds, judgements and experience of either Obama and Clinton that America is ready for either one of these individuals.

It is clear that Sen. Obama is an undercover Racist and could not be trusted to lead the most powerful nation on earth. His campaign has sold the younger generation adream that he nor any candidate can fulfill. It would take 20 years to repair the damage that is done.We need leadership that will not be biased by any HATEMONGER;S.

I find it striking that so many of people who commented on the board listen to Obama’s speech, but flatly refuse to hear a word. Please review what was said and reflect upon yourselves and this country with the knowledge that we are less than 50 years removed from the civil rights movement - leaving us with over 160 years of serious, painful racial inequality in this country that has trickled down to the current society in varying forms. Anyone who can truly listen to Obama’s speech and still find themselves left wanting, does not have a realistic view of who we are as a country.

Though difficult to hear, Rev. Wright’s words were filled with many truths. It was his frightful lack of eloquence and grace that made them seem so bitter and angry. He did not preach hate; he simply stated a series of facts. The country IS in FACT run by rich white people, as it always has been. Not hate or opinion, FACT. There are many people who will vote for McCain or Clinton simply because they are not black (in staggeringly greater numbers then the blacks who will do the same for Obama), FACT. America’s policies in the middle east and broad led to the sentiment that initiated the attacks of 9/11, FACT. This one is particular has been viewed as especially incendiary coming from Rev. Wright, but has been uttered by several pundits and analysts over the past year with little outrage.

None of us would fare well if our whole existences were to be summed up by a few moments of passion caught on tape and then edited down to 20 second clips. Listen to the words, not the emotion. Read a transcript of everything said by Rev. Wright, not just the edited “hot-button” TV version. I don’t even agree with everything he said, or how he said it, but there is definitely validity to a good portion of it. And none of it had to do with hate. You can openly criticize the nation and its policies and still love the nation.

Hate the sin, love the sinner.

Like every person in the U.S., Wright has a ‘right’ to say what he feels. He is talking about something that IS still a problem today with race and he (along with hundreds of thousands of others) feels that 9-11 was brought on ourselves for thinking we were above it. Wright simply said what was on his mind and is not the first or will he be the last to do so. The fact that it made headlines is yet another attack by a well known candidate who can not win on her abilities alone.

And like Ellen’s comments about morphining…everybody wants to be someone else. A model, a pro ball player, a president…and we each have our ideas of how to become that. Obama would be stupid in ‘keeping it real’ vs. showing the education, showing the knowledge and allowing you to relate to him - regardless of your color or genre or gender. Don’t hate the man because he has the best of two worlds. Because personally speaking, being both black and white has never been as easy as you think nor has it been as clear cut as for those who are one or the other.

Life is too short to worry about every persons opinion!!! Obama shows class in not denouncing his long time friend and pastor because he understands that in 8 yrs after his presidency is over, he will still love and respect this man for who he is.

Obama explained his position. All black churches talk about lifting each other one Sunday or Community OutReach Another Sunday or a Political View another Sunday. The fact is FOX NEWS IS A PISS POOR STATION AND NEEDS RATINGS!! THEY WILL DO ANYTHING FOR RATINGS.
Obama stayed there 20 years because of the people and he really got to know the man in Wright. If the American public would get to know the man instead of feeding into what the media wants you to think, then you will no him nor the church is racist. If they were they wouldn’t have people attending with other races ie white and same gender associations ie white and black. America you finally have someone who is going to stand up and take responsiblitiy and who is going to bare his soul. The reason why you can’t get past it is soley part of his skin tone. The Clinton’s, The Bush’s, and the McCain’s lie to you over and over again and you can move past it. What is up? Don’t you know anything taken out of context is racist. You might be making a statement about White bread and taken out of context maybe considered racist.

I think the speech was good. It is important for people to understand that you cannot always change your charge every time you disagree with the priest. Neither can you always change your friends and family because you disagree with their views. Rather you should seek to change them. Rev. Wright is not a presidential candidate, Obama is. Remember that Obama did not use any offensive language. I do understand when he compared some of Rev. Wright to his White Grandmother. In our society you will always have people who are suspicious of others because of tradition, culture, background or colour of their skin. This is the reason why most of us, especially the young generation should seek to educate ourselves and work against stereotyping. While I strongly condemn Rev. Wright’s comment, I also disagree with people who judge other because of the colour of the skin, gender or different from the way they look. Obama I believe is the one who can bring unity have experience both white and black cultures.

The fruit doesn’t fall far from the tree, and I smell rotten apples. He’s going to turn out to be just a big a piece of garbage as his pastor.

What irkes me is that he attended this church for 20 years and he listened to this kind of hatred and anti-US inflamatory stuff, then says he never heard it, then says he did. If you are a born-again Christian, you know there is no such thing as a “black” church. In my opinion, black churches are the root of racism in America. I attend a Southern Baptist church in Alabama and we have a mixed congregation, as it should be. Obama is not fit to be our President (nor HRC for that matter).

Why is the Press beating this topic to death with unsubstantiated speculation from so many “subject matter experts”? Their are two other candidates running in this race. Can we pick on them also with this level of magnification? Or do we just pick on the man because his American skin is different?

Barak should do what’s right for the democratic party and drop out of the election. He has no chance of winning the presidency and will take the democratic party down with him if he stays in the race. If he really wants health care for all americans and an end to the war, he will do the right thing and drop out!

Hillary will make an excellent president!

The question should be who is most presidential - who has shown themselves to be the most honest, forthright, and willing to discuss issues with the american public - hands down that is Barack Obama. When Hillarys’ campaign created issues for her HE stepped forward and defused the issue TWICE in order to get back to talking about US issues - not her, she allows similar attacks on Obama to go without action as it might help her in her failing campaign. Hillary has so many skeletons in her closet it would be easy (and will be by Rebuplicans) to dispatch her in short order - but the Obama campaign has not gone there - they have kept this race about US issues, not personal issues. The Clinton campaign loves to bring up personal issues - just another example that the Clintons are old gaurd and the whole election is about driving down an opponent to a level below yours so you can win - Obama believes you do what’’s right to rise above your opponent. Time for change, ABSOLUTELY - let’s hope the US public doesn’t crumble under the negativity of the Clintons, but embraces the positivness of Obama.

Go to Obamas Churches web site and see what it says. The Clintons wouldn’t stand a chance in the Media’s eyes or the publics. What he told America wasn’t completely honest.

Obama says Rev. Wright “introduced” him to “Christian faith”. I have heard nothing that would lead one to believe either Rev. Wright or Obama are Christians. Rev. Wright operates a church under the guise of being Christilan. A Christian pastor would never wish for the damnation of their homeland. Obama, in his entire diatribe, never once mentioned the name of Jesus Christ and that he had accepted Jesus as his Savior. He only mentiones feeding the poor, giving them a place to sleep and performing other good deeds. This is not how one is introduced to Jesus Christ. Most religions perform good deeds and help the poor. Doing good is not an introduction to Jesus. Good deeds come with faith in Jesus Christ as ones Savior. Rev. Wright is not leading people down the path to salvation.

I never considered myself racist. Now I am. The government, NBA, schools, neighborhoods, schools have given black people so much of a free ride. It will never be enough. Black people use their slavery story to get more and we all have to hear about this and pay out of our own pockets for them. I’m so tired of all of this. We’re ruining our country over this. Nothing is going to work because this is their avenue to get more.

Typical, typical,

He is so blind and selfish that he won’t step out. It’s too late, you’ve been with this pastor for 20 years he is your spiritual advisor, so his views must strike a cord with your views. It’s time to bow out and fight another day.

Personally, with regards to black-white race relations in America, I have never fully grasped the frustration of white Americans until Senator Barrack Obama’s “A More Perfect Union” speech today. Senator Obama stands in a unique front– having the best of both worlds, he presents a navigational map to areas discovered, but yet to be explored.

I mean, it makes sense that many white Americans would feel resentment for being blamed for something truly, they had not been a part, or at times, see opportunity slither away to those whom perceived didn’t work as hard, but yet were favored. And with a mere mention, it is alleged as biased–racism as it is mainly characterized. Look, I get it and concede the point. I can’t imagine taking responsibility for what my parents did, needless to say, ancestral deeds.

There is a different experience—an experience based on trends of systematic social and economic suppression; even until recently, supported by the government. This is the experience of black Americans. Are you ready to concede the point that these facts contribute to bitterness, especially from those who may have witnessed firsthand, direct contradictory to the founding documents? There is an achievement gap prevalent in our society based on this history.

Our generation is more than willing to put behind, the dark history of this nation to the fault of neither ours nor yours. We can move in a forward direction led by honest dialogues, accepting reality, and a purpose to achieving unity. Philosophically, we may disagree, but for those who study Calculus—mathematics, you understand that there is usually more than one way to deriving an expression or a solution to an integration problem.

It was a nicely written speech. Two things really stand out as being negative. First, On Friday’s interview Obama claimed he did not hear these hateful sermons but in the speech he gave on Tuesday he says he did hear them Very concerning, in addition to the Rezko and NAFTA this does not look good to me. It clearly destroys his credibility clean politics and good judgment.

Obama claims he has problems with some of Wright’s views. OK, let’s try and heal these wounds, lets try and talk with Wright and do this transcending as he so wants to claim. Why did Obama turn his back on talking with his pastor, mentor and not try to resolve these problems with his mentor? If Obama can’t make progress in his own church how can he possible tackle these issues nationally?

My conclusions, Obama tried hard to reduce as much as possible the damaged caused by Wright’s sermons. He failed in my opinion; he has shown poor judgment and poor character. His platform of change and hope is nothing more then a phony attempt to draw on the publics desire for hope and change.

The divisiveness is there because of the like on Wright, Jessie Jackson and Al Sharpton! They are race baiters and hate mongers. When I go to church on Sunday there is no sign describing it as a White church and there are Black Americans who attend right along side of me and my family. There are so many great Americans in this country who happen to be black yet we still have some in the black community pushing for separation and speak with hypocrisy. If there was a white caucus or NAAWP you would hear a thunderstorm or ridicule. People are people and while there may still be some Neanderthals out there the majorities do not judge by skin color. As much as Mr. Obama wants to portray himself as an agent of change, he is a fraud just playing the race card for his political benefit just as the Clintons have.

He has the same views as his pastor. His Pastor wore a black robe in one of his venomous sermons, if he had a white hood and was a “whitey” hed be a KKK racist. So I guess we can assume his pastor id a Black KKK racist?
Just another Politicain covering his track.. VOTE FOR CHANGE?

Fox News..you stink! Your reporting is so one sided and why don’t you dissect this story to death??? It’s ridiculous all the holier than thou people on this blog. I can’t believe anyone with any intelligence was not inspired and could learn something from this speech. Why continue to divide?? What good is going to come out of that? There are so many narrow minded people out there and it’s scary.

I love the speeches but doubt the man. Obama has again demonstrated he is a terrific speaker and has a great team of speech writers. He has also demonstrated he will not admit to, reconsider or deviate from bad decisions he has made in the past. To publicly embrace a spiritual leader who preaches hate and intolerance is a failure to humanity and is in opposition to the fundamentals of the faith he supposedly holds dear. This is the very same issue facing the middle east as they deal with the results of accepting hate and intolerance. I believe its a man or womans actions not words which show us their true nature.

I will no longer be watching your network. Fair and balanced? Not a chance. Editorially slanted, pro-Hillary comments run rampant amongst your pundits. I appreciate debate and reasonable dissent, but you do neither. Your network appears steeped in bias with ill-informed, hot-headed, empty talking heads that seem to spoon-feed the American public with more racially divisive rhetoric.

As a retired career USMC officer, who served his country in war and in peace (Viet Nam vet) for over twenty two years, needless to say I found Rev. Wrights comments repulsive and offensive. They were insulting not just to service men and women but to all decent American citizens. Mr Wright is obviously, among other things, an ignorant, uninformed, uneducated bigot. I really don’t care how many schools he attended or how many degrees he has, he didn’t learn anything. Which is why it amazes me that Obama, with an undergraduate degree from Columbia ( I also graduated from an Ivy League University) a graduate degree from Harvard Law and Harvard Law Review, contiues to associate himself with such ignorance and stupidity. It says a lot about his character and his integrity. This man is an opportunist of the first order and someone not to be trusted.

If he were really honorable he would disassociate himself from anyone who espouses such such tripe,especially one who professes to be a Christian. It’s beneath the dignity of a truly educated person. But being the opportunist that he his, don’t hold your breath.